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Prevention, Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program:An Inventory of Cancer Surveys at the Texas State Archives,
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Overview
Texas. Dept. of Health.
Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention. Breast and Cervical Cancer Control
Program.Cancer surveys1993Records present are
cancer surveys that were completed for a cancer study after 900 women were
interviewed/screened for breast or cervical cancer. The surveys are dated 1993
and were conducted by the Texas Department of Health, Breast and Cervical
Cancer Control Program (BCCCP). The instructions to complete a survey were
legally required by state law and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC). 5 cubic ft.English.
Restrictions on Access

The Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program (BCCCP) was authorized
by federal legislation, Public Law 101-354, as the Breast and Cervical Cancer
Mortality Prevention Act of 1990. The program operates within the Texas
Department of Health and is funded under cooperative agreement with the Center
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with some funding also from the Texas
Cancer Council. The purpose of the program is to provide breast and cervical
cancer screening at no cost to low-income women. The program also provides
community outreach, professional education, and data analyses.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Records present are cancer surveys that were completed for a cancer
study after 900 women were interviewed/screened for breast or cervical cancer.
The surveys are dated 1993 and were conducted by the Texas Department of
Health, Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program (BCCCP). The instructions to
complete a survey were legally required by state law and the Center for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC). Records serve as documentation that the
screenings were actually completed. Questions in the survey relate to health
care the women received and health problems the women may have experienced.

Arrangement of the Records

Surveys are numbered individually and appear to be arranged in roughly
numerical order within each box.

Index Terms

The terms listed here were used to catalog the
records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.